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Real estate businesses in Guadalupe County, TX
How Guadalupe County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #511 of 2,229 scored counties
#46 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 154
- 11 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- +69.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,225 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 159
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.5
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,111
- +15.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $16,225 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Guadalupe County spend about $1.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 59% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Guadalupe County has 154 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That is 23.5 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Guadalupe County in 2023, up 69.8% from 2019. That is one for every 611 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 992 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $220K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Guadalupe County.
Population estimates put the population change in Guadalupe County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Guadalupe County is 62 (upper middle), #511 of 2,229 scored counties and #46 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Guadalupe County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Guadalupe County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.5 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 159 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 611 | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +69.8% | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,225 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,375 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63 → 107+69.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 992Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15411 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 245The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $220K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Guadalupe County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Guadalupe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,111+15.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,424
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 258
- Median household income
- $92,375+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,083
- Median home value
- $304,400
- Jobs located here
- 49,144
- Daytime population
- 142,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Guadalupe County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liberty County, TX | 86 | 41 | 13.1 | 258 | +31.3% | #4 of 2,229 |
| 2San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 11 | 10.1 | 321 | +7.1% | #11 of 2,229 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 83 | 29 | 16.8 | 237 | +22.6% | #12 of 2,229 |
| 4Burleson County, TX | 80 | 12 | 15.2 | 222 | +16.2% | #29 of 2,229 |
| 5Rusk County, TX | 79 | 12 | 6.7 | 502 | +5.0% | #35 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, TX | 79 | 5 | 8.3 | 400 | +2.6% | #40 of 2,229 |
| 7Jones County, TX | 78 | 5 | 8.5 | 378 | +6.1% | #51 of 2,229 |
| 8Waller County, TX | 78 | 26 | 14.2 | 264 | +21.9% | #57 of 2,229 |
| 9Clay County, TX | 77 | 6 | 14.0 | 252 | +5.0% | #72 of 2,229 |
| 10Fannin County, TX | 76 | 23 | 18.0 | 192 | +9.2% | #92 of 2,229 |
| 46Guadalupe County, TX | 62 | 154 | 23.5 | 159 | +15.8% | #511 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Guadalupe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Guadalupe County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 154 real estate businesses in Guadalupe County. 11 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 69.8% from 2019. Official counts list 992 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Guadalupe County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.1B a year, or $16,225 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 154 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 59% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,424 households in Guadalupe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guadalupe County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Guadalupe County has 23.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 159, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Guadalupe County would have about 245, against 154 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 611 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 69.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Guadalupe County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Guadalupe County at 201,111 people in 2025, up 15.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,424 households. Median household income in Guadalupe County is $92,375, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Guadalupe County scores 62 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #511 of 2,229 scored counties.
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